Fair play to them for doing something different The five lifelong friends living the dream of running their very own pub They are holding an event at the end of the month to raise funds for the project Sophie Kitching Five lifelong friends from Hull are hoping to fulfil their dream of opening their very own city centre pub. The group is made up of east Hull garage owner Nick King, 50, east Hull caravan operative Callum King, 23, west Hull engineering manager Paul Kerman, east Hull electrician James Grannon, 41, and west Hull electrician Lloyd Grieveson, 35. Having looked into what is involved and having already found a potential venue in the city, the Hull men are now putting on an event to help them generate much-needed funds to launch their very own pub. Explaining how it all came about, Nick King told Hull Live: "We all got our heads together and said wouldn’t it be nice if we could have a pub. To get the Hull Live headlines to your inbox, click here. "I think we want something on a pub trail, where they can pop in when they are doing a pub crawl. We joked about it and then one of the friends made a serious comment – why don’t we do it? "The next day, we made some enquiries and we was full steam ahead." But Mr King says the team now need to raise some funds to make it a reality. "Funds are a little bit limited," he said. "We are all self-employed, we all work full-time. None of us are in the pub industry or the entertainment industry. please log in to view this image From left, Nick King, Callum King, Paul Kerman, James Grannon and Lloyd Grieveson "We’ve got a caravan fitter which is my lad, I run a service and MOT centre and garage, there’s two electricians and there’s an engineering project manager. "We put an offer in a city centre bar - a listed building - which is proving to be a little bit more complicated than we thought and then we realised that we are not rich men. "We’ve got no backers, so we was going to struggle for finances. One of the members said why don’t we put an event? And its just grown and grown. Everybody has been very positive." The event, Straight Outta Lockdown, will take place on bank holiday weekend - May 29, May 30 and May 31. It is being held to help generate some funding for the project and will take place at Zebedee's Yard using "only local people and businesses" and "celebrating coming out of lockdown". It costs £20 per table for a two-hour slot which includes "six complimentary drinks on arrival" with a maximum of six people per table. The event will feature 75 tables, a bar, street food from a few local vendors, "background music", DJs and an "open mic". Visit the event on Facebook here for more details about it and how to book a table.
Maybe this one? the old Bernie inn Prawn cocktail Steak Black Forest gateaux Mmmmmm Iconic city centre pub to go to auction with £200,000 asking price It's been empty for years Angus Young An empty city centre pub is going under the hammer next week. Best known for its mock Tudor frontage, the former Yates' Wine Lodge in Paragon Street has been derelict for several years. But the venue could be given a new lease of life if it's snapped up in an online commercial property auction next week. Auction firm BidX1 are selling the freehold of the building by orders of receivers at Savills estate agents with current guide price of £200,000. A description of the property on the company's website says: "A susbstantial and prominent period building totalling 703.88 square metres. To sign up for the Hull Live newsletter, click here. please log in to view this image The building is crumbling after years of neglect(Image: Jerome Ellerby) "The building formerly traded as a public house/wine bar and is currently arranged as a public house with ancillary accommodation on the ground floor with further ancillary accommodation on the first and second floor levels. "The property may offer conversion potential for alternative uses, subject to obtaining the necessary consents." One option for any potential new owner is turning the upper floors into apartments. After it operated as a Yates' Wine Lodge, the pub briefly traded as the Kingston Tavern before closing. For years it formed part of the former White House Hotel which fronted onto Jameson Street and was owned by the Berni Inn chain. Orginal tiled lettering spelling out the word 'hotel' can still be seen on a gable end. Built in 1891, the front section of the hotel was converted into shops and offices in 1994. please log in to view this image The former Kingston Tavern in Paragon Street is up for sale in an online auction (Image: Hull Live) When it was part of the hotel, the pub also featured a popular ground floor restaurant with a public access via Little Queen Street. For a time, the pub was known as The Press Bar because of its location close to the old Hull Daily Mail offices in Jameson Street. The Yates chain took over the pub and restaurant after the hotel conversion but later re-located to a former bank in Trinity House Lane in Hull's Old Town.
I fancy opening an Aston Martin garage, I've got no idea how to run an Aston Martin garage and I haven't got the money to open a dealership, but I really fancy owning one. If anyone would like to contribute, just let me know and I'll PM you my PayPal details, thanks.
I fancy owning a holiday home in the Algarve. I've got no idea how to go about buying and maintaining one, and I haven't got the money to buy one, but I really fancy owning one. If anyone would like to contribute, just let me know and I'll PM you my PayPal details, thanks.
I wish them well. The pub scene in town isn't good compared to other citys. I know there's been a lockdown, but the area definitely needs a shake up. The two wetherspoons are the worst I've been to.
Durty Nellys was on High Street, it's now the Lion and Key. Nellies in Beverley is still going strong (it's not actually called Nellies, it's called The White Horse Inn, it's just nicknamed Nellies after it's infamous landlady).
Cheers. A few of us used to get out to Beverley from Hessle in the early/mid 60's for Friday or Sat night's in Nellies. Used to love it. I think I was in there most recently in the early 2000's, so it's nice to hear it's still viable & not impacted by COVID closedowns.
I moved from London to Beverley at the start of the 90's and lived on Woodlands, so Nellies was at the end of my street, I was in there every night. The Museum Ale was fantastic, but for reasons nobody seems to understand, they stopped producing it.
